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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 225 · 40 questions
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How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

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  1. 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) shirt (c) teacher
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) stretch (c) avocado
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) helicopter (c) picture
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) caterpillar (c) teacher
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) dinosaur (c) little
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) refrigerator (c) important
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) rabbit (c) kangaroo
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. banana
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 2
  17. avocado
  18. helicopter
  19. 5
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. teacher
  23. 4
  24. little
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. important
  32. kangaroo
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. 1
  38. 2
  39. 4
  40. 3

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